Monastery of SS. Trinitas de Refech
| Cistercian Abbey SS. Trinitas de Refech | |
|---|---|
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
482 |
| founding year | 1187 |
| Mother monastery | Balamand Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Morimond Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The monastery SS. Trinitas de Refech (also Rephet) was a Cistercian abbey in the Middle East, it was located about 20 kilometers east of the Sea of Galilee in the Golan Heights now occupied by Israel . The monastery was already abandoned during the Crusades, when their monks came to Sicily in 1188.
history
The monastery was only built in 1187 as a subsidiary of the Cistercian Abbey of Balamand in what is now the Israeli-occupied part of Syria . It was also believed to be in Tripoli County .
After the fall of Jerusalem due to the outcome of the Battle of Hattin (also 1187), the monks are said to have fled to Sicily . This short period of just a few weeks or months of existence explains the lack of written evidence of the existence of the monastery. It is also not known whether and how long the monastery existed after the monks left.
The monks who fled to Sicily in 1188 were given to use the Madonna di Rifesi priory , which was built for Benedictines at the instigation of Ansaldo - he was castellan of the Palazzo Reale in Palermo . It is located in a southern branch of today's municipality Palazzo Adriano ( Metropolitan City of Palermo ), the place is eight kilometers east of Burgio (today the Free Municipal Consortium of Agrigento ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The year 1268 given for the abolition at cistercensi.info is not documented.
- ↑ The most precise information in [1] , further information at ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ]; [2] ; Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. speaks of the fact that during the reign of William II, some monks who fled Syria after the fall of Jerusalem arrived thanks to Norman ships and that Bishop Bartolomeo of Agrigento gave them the monastery.
